This is a record of Ukraine's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]
Ukraine have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2006 where they reached the quarter finals.[2][3][4] It was their first ever official appearance at international finals since breaking away from the Soviet Union in 1991. However, before 1996 some of its players played for the Soviet Union national football team and CIS national football team. Among few there were Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleh Luzhny, Ivan Hetsko and others.
FIFA World Cup record
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Position | |
| 1930–1990 | Competed as part of  the Soviet Union.
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 1994
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Did Not Enter (spot not granted by FIFA) | Did Not Enter (spot not granted by FIFA) | ||||||||||||||
 1998
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Did Not Qualify | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2/6 Lost Playoff | ||||||||
  2002
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12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2/6 Lost Playoff | |||||||||
 2006
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Quarter-final | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 1/6 | |
 2010
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Did Not Qualify | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 2/6 Lost Playoff | ||||||||
 2014
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12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 2/6 Lost Playoff | |||||||||
 2018
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3/6 | |||||||||
 2022
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| Total | Quarter-final | 1/6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 99 | 52 | ||
- * Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Ukraine at 2006 FIFA World Cup
At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ukraine was drawn in Group H along with Spain, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia.
Template:2006 FIFA World Cup Group H
Head coach: Oleg Blokhin
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 2 January 1975 (aged 31) | 68 |  Dynamo Kyiv
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| 2 | DF | Andriy Nesmachniy | 28 February 1979 (aged 27) | 49 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 3 | DF | Oleksandr Yatsenko | 24 February 1985 (aged 21) | 1 | Kharkiv[5]
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| 4 | MF | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 30 March 1979 (aged 27) | 55 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 5 | DF | Volodymyr Yezerskyi | 15 November 1976 (aged 29) | 24 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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| 6 | DF | Andriy Rusol | 16 January 1983 (aged 23) | 23 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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| 7 | FW | Andriy Shevchenko (c) | 29 September 1976 (aged 29) | 64 |  Milan[6]
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| 8 | MF | Oleh Shelayev | 5 November 1976 (aged 29) | 19 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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| 9 | MF | Oleh Husyev | 25 April 1983 (aged 23) | 25 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 10 | FW | Andriy Voronin | 21 July 1979 (aged 26) | 32 | Bayer Leverkusen
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| 11 | FW | Serhiy Rebrov | 6 March 1974 (aged 32) | 70 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 12 | GK | Andriy Pyatov | 28 June 1984 (aged 21) | 1 | Vorskla Poltava
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| 13 | DF | Dmytro Chygrynskiy | 7 November 1986 (aged 19) | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 14 | MF | Andriy Husin | 11 December 1972 (aged 33) | 64 | Krylia Sovetov
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| 15 | FW | Artem Milevskyi | 12 January 1985 (aged 21) | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 16 | FW | Andriy Vorobey | 29 November 1978 (aged 27) | 53 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 17 | DF | Vladyslav Vashchuk | 2 January 1975 (aged 31) | 58 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 18 | MF | Serhiy Nazarenko | 16 February 1980 (aged 26) | 15 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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| 19 | MF | Maksym Kalynychenko | 26 January 1979 (aged 27) | 21 | Spartak Moscow
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| 20 | FW | Oleksiy Byelik | 15 February 1981 (aged 25) | 15 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 21 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | 29 October 1981 (aged 24) | 19 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 22 | DF | Vyacheslav Sviderskyi | 1 January 1979 (aged 27) | 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk[7]
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| 23 | GK | Bohdan Shust | 4 March 1986 (aged 20) | 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 3 | DF | Vyacheslav Shevchuk | 13 May 1979 (aged 27) | 16 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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- Serhiy Fedorov (#3) was injured before the start of the tournament. His replacement, Vyacheslav Shevchuk was also injured shortly after arriving as a replacement. Oleksandr Yatsenko was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.
Spain vs Ukraine
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Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine
Andriy Rusol put the Ukraine ahead in the fourth minute when the ball went in off his knee's at the near post after a corner from the right by Maksym Kalynychenko. Serhiy Rebrov got the second goal after 36 minutes with a long range right footed shot that flew past the goalkeeper. Andriy Shevchenko then scored in the 46th minute with a header from six yards out after a free kick from the left by Maksym Kalynychenko. Maksym Kalynychenko got the fourth goal in the 84th minute after a low cross from Andriy Shevchenko from the left which he shot right footed to the roof of the net.[8]
Saudi Arabia  | 0–4 | Ukraine |
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| Report | Rusol  4'Rebrov 36'Shevchenko 46'Kalynychenko 84' |
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Ukraine vs Tunisia
In the 70th minute, Shevchenko was tripped in the penalty box by Karim Hagui and scored from the resulting penalty, shooting right footed to the goalkeepers left as he dived to his right. Ukraine's victory sealed second spot in the group and a second round match against Switzerland. Vyacheslav Sviderskyi and Andriy Rusol were both suspended from the second round after picking up bookings in the match.[9]
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Second Round – Switzerland vs Ukraine
Switzerland  | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Ukraine |
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0–3 | Shevchenko Milevskyi Rebrov Husyev |
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Quarter-final – Italy vs Ukraine
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Record players
Seven players have been fielded in all five of Ukraine's FIFA World Cup matches. Of those seven, Andriy Nesmachniy, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskyi have not missed a single minute.
| No. | Name | Matches | World Cups |
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| 1 | Andriy Husin | 5 | 2006 |
| Oleh Husyev | 5 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Nesmachniy | 5 | 2006 | |
| Oleh Shelayev | 5 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Shevchenko | 5 | 2006 | |
| Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 5 | 2006 | |
| Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 5 | 2006 | |
| 8 | Maksym Kalynychenko | 4 | 2006 |
| Artem Milevskyi | 4 | 2006 | |
| Serhiy Rebrov | 4 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Rusol | 4 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Vorobey | 4 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Voronin | 4 | 2006 |
Top goalscorers
Ukraine's team captain and superstar Andriy Shevchenko was the only player to score more than one goal at the 2006 World Cup.
| No. | Name | Goals | World Cups |
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| 1 | Andriy Shevchenko | 2 | 2006 |
| 2 | Maksym Kalynychenko | 1 | 2006 |
| Serhiy Rebrov | 1 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Rusol | 1 | 2006 |
References
- ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
- ^ "Toni's decisive double strike gives troubled Italy plenty to celebrate". Guardian UK. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Italy 3-0 Ukraine". BBC Sport. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Italy all over Ukraine as 3-0 win sets up semifinal matchup with Germany". USA Today. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ Yatsenko was called up as a replacement for the injureds Serhiy Fedorov and Vyacheslav Shevchuk.
- ^ Shevchenko joined Chelsea after the tournament.
- ^ Sviderskyi was on loan to Arsenal Kyiv in the run-up to the World Cup.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia 0-4 Ukraine". BBC Sport. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia". BBC Sport. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.